Every time I see something online about nihola bikes, I get fired up. They're just days away from arriving here in Los Angeles, and I'll have a chance to try selling a bit of Copenhagen cycling here in Los Angeles, the city of cars (but not for long!).

Many use the somewhat famous quote by H.G. Wells "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race" as a kind of anti-car message, but my understanding is that Wells was actually commenting on people moving themselves instead of using horses.

However, I am not against the use of horses for slow movement of small amounts of goods or persons when there is very little risk from motor vehicle collisions and emissions.

On the other hand so much freight traffic is movement of stupid, useless crap.

Kilometres cycled by Copenhageners so far today

Copenhagenize.com is the blog of Copenhagenize Design Company. Online since 2007 and highlighting the cycling life in Copenhagen and around the world.

40 years ago Copenhagen was just as car-clogged as anywhere else but now 41% of the population arriving at work or education do so on bicycles, from all over the Metro area. 55% of Copenhageners themselves use bicycles each day. They all use over 1000 km of bicycle lanes in Greater Copenhagen for their journeys. Copenhagenizing is possible anywhere.